See ee ey formula for skin described in Section | will vary depending on which fone! you want o portray. In this section, | wll cover nine different basic skin fon Uren Serer pe cnt ee ere en ert teeter ore E o ra Cae teard) Gee ee er) een eli Next, take a look atthe first three swatches, See how the second swatch is more yellow a Seta een hd an er nt nice treet te eaten a unique es. Se aed and it happens in all shades of skin. You can't simply think of ekin in terms of light, medium, and derk—you must consider the undertone as well. Undertones can be described in temperatures (Warm 7 cool) oF Colors (alive, yellow, pink, lavender). They can help to establish ethnicity, but there's a lat of variation within the races so Tne reir car Se ee ee ee ena they choose their colors. og roughout the entire palette, but can be established by th ees Your base first. Then choose the rest of your mid-tones to bulld off that base. Remember that the mid-tone range is what depicts eee ee eee en etre ete en ey Seine ee be ee ese tg ook ott Because mid-tones define a skin color, that—and highlichts—is what this section will focus on. 1 will touch on choosing shadow tones, but Section III will discuss shadows more in-depth. For now, just know that they depend a lot on the rest ofthe colors in the image. My backgrounds are gray in this section so the shadows mostly darker, more Saturated variations of the mid-tones, ie ee Cu RR Oe ee pe ena ete ere cere ee et ee ae isa standard Caucasian skin tone commonly focused on in other skin painting tutoria's, so you may already know he base tone is a pinkish beige color. The rest of the mid-tones range through warm beiges (more orange than yellow) Ee ae cote haere en er ee oar ko to have at loast tw ee eee ee ee eae eee es Sree ete oe Se ee ete strong yellow undertone, so some of the mid-tones and shadovrs will tit towards yellow accordingly. But Toa ioe De re se tea powering It. I want the skin to look fresh, not sallow or jaundiced. The same thing Is happening with the warmth tones: an orange Ses eet ee eae tee ea‘opposite: based in cool tones like pink and lavender. Most ofthe mic-tones are ashen and “orayed out oer en mcr Per a et Se om coat og warmth tones; too much makes pale skin look flushed.) Also use the highlight colors to your advantage—they will add more toe ey jooking through the swatches in this sect ee ea re Or ec ee ee ae ce ee ry SS need night skin, the transition between highlights and mid-tones should be very soft. Blend the highlights gerily on top of your lightest mid-tones. This mimics the natural translucency of ing multiple colors helps further that illusion. Just choosing a lighter mid-ione F Won't give you the same effect as blending tho pastel tones on top. Trust me on this: it makes a huge difference in your end produc The three types of medium skin discussed here are gold (1), olive (2), re erneey ium skin comes in an incredibly wide range. Nearly every ethnicity falls into this category in some way (the darkest of “ig Se kee eee ce era Seen ee ee a a eta The difference between gold and olive skin tones is in the overall palette rather than Just the oe feet coate eae ers cee ee eet ee eee) ec eel skin, one of the mic-tones almost matches th tone Cee eee ee eh eke) ee re ee he er ees Ce eer es ee ee Cee cee ne (yellow highlights are good for olive: pink eke Sea asset for offsetting the rest ofthe colors naturally dt rs ee ener ee ee A third type of medium skin that falls outside the gold-olive range is a very particular tone found in light-skinned blacks. | cal th eo eto ire ee eee ight skin tone. Use the came guideline as the porcelain skin: It tends to be matte so use very, very soft highlights anc Just Eee en ee en er rae ert as A ae ood